police torture
Alexandria policeman beats, sodomizes driver, says group
Egypt
September 17, 2011
Alexandria policeman beats, sodomizes driver, says group
An Egyptian human rights group on Saturday reported an incident of torture in an Alexandria police station under the supervision of a police officer allegedly…
Police brutality haunts post-revolt Egypt, says rights group
Egypt
June 11, 2011
Police brutality haunts post-revolt Egypt, says rights group
A rights organization said on Saturdaythat police brutality is marring Egypt’s transition to democracy. The statement comes after four people…
Facebook activists to commemorate Khaled Saeed’s death
Egypt
May 30, 2011
Facebook activists to commemorate Khaled Saeed’s death
Activists responsible for running the Facebook page "We Are All Khaled Saeed" have called for events to mark the first…
Activists protest medical examiner’s statements about Khaled Saeed case
Egypt
April 30, 2011
Activists protest medical examiner’s statements about Khaled Saeed case
Dozens of political activists in Alexandria on Friday protested in front of the home of Khaled Saeed, widely believed to…
Prosecutors call for release of Salafi sheikh’s autopsy report
Egypt
January 9, 2011
Prosecutors call for release of Salafi sheikh’s autopsy report
West Alexandria prosecutors have received the file on the death of Sayed Belal, a Salafi Muslim man whose family has…
ElBaradei calls for penalizing officials who tortured citizen to death
Egypt
January 9, 2011
ElBaradei calls for penalizing officials who tortured citizen to death
Officials allegedly responsible for torturing to death a citizen in an Alexandria police station must be penalized, said the former…
Alexandrian family says police murdered their son
Egypt
December 8, 2010
Alexandrian family says police murdered their son
The family of Mustafa Attiya al-Sayyed, 39, have accused Alexandrian policemen of murdering their son by dragging him along one…
Body of Alexandrian in canal raises questions of police brutality
Egypt
November 15, 2010
Body of Alexandrian in canal raises questions of police brutality
The body of a young man, Ahmed Mohamed Shaaban, was found in the Mahmoudiya canal in Alexandria on Saturday.
Islamic Jihad suspects make first appearance since October arrest
Egypt
September 2, 2010
Islamic Jihad suspects make first appearance since October arrest
Suspected members of the Islamic Jihad group have made their first media appearance after nearly one year in detention.The 11…
2,500 protest against police torture in Alexandria
Egypt
July 24, 2010
2,500 protest against police torture in Alexandria
Approximately 2,500 people gathered along Alexandria's Corniche to protest the alleged torture and killing of Alexandrian Khaled Saeed. The protesters…